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With effect from 1st November 2018, (ISC)2 would be doing a domain refresh in the course content of SSCP certification. This is in line with a refresh cycle of 3 years for every certification which (ISC)2 offers.
In this post, we look at changes which will take place in this refresh. We will look at it from a perspective of what will remain the same for an exam giver and what would change. Question 1. Have the domains changed completely?
No, the weight of the domains has changed. There are minor changes. So if “Security Operations & Administration” had a weight of 17% in the earlier exam (2015), it has been reduced to 15% in the new exam outline. Question 2. Would the changes affect my already bought course material?
No, the course content broadly remains the same. The course content does not change. Your old books or exam material will remain fully valid. Question 3. Is there a change in the exam format too just like CISSP?
Absolutely No. The format remains the same. You will have…

Imagine Susie wants to log on to a company database, her own system, a web server, her webmail and other multitudes of applications. Since she needs to access so many resources, it is extremely important to have a set of credentials for accessing each of this resource. This means Susie must remember an approximate dozen passwords in order to access these resources. Susie finds a solution to this problem. She writes down every single username and password to access them.
Clearly, Susie is not alone in doing so. You may also be doing the same. Clearly, from an information security point of view, this is not a great solution. It may sound that different ids and passwords would provide more security, it ultimately ends up in more work for the administrator since there are more requests of password reset or greater chances of a breach if that notebook gets in the wrong hands.
So what needs to be done? Well, as usual, the intelligent minds gathered together and found a solution to this pro…

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You may read multiple posts on the various blogs and websites where you are given tips as to how to pass the exam in the first go, refer which books and solve which questions. In this blog post I’m not going to bombard you with those details. Instead, I’m going to share my journey and experience from preparing till passing the CISSP exam in the first attempt. What is CISSP? CISSP stands for Certified Information Systems Security Professional. Congratulations and all the very best to you, if you have decided to opt for the Gold Standard Certification. The exam is offered by ISC2 and contains around 250 questions. You have to book an appointment for the CISSP exam through the ISC2 website where you then redirected to a Pearson Vue website when you register for the exam. The exam costs around 599USD. Phase 1: Deciding It is very important for you to finalize which certification you want to do. Try to research the pros and cons of a certification. Do not just start preparing for a particular…

I wrote a blog post in the month of December where I detailed about the new CISSP CAT format being launched by the (ISC)2. The post gave details about the new exam – what would it be all about, what does the new exam mean for you and important points to consider. Well, since I had passed the exam way back in July, there was no way, I would decide to sit for this difficult exam again. Luckily, few of my friends gave the CISSP CAT exam and passed it, so I spoke to them to understand their experience with this new exam format and decided to write about it. So here it goes… The Study Material
The first question that comes to everyone’s mind is – Do I need to look for a new study material since the exam format has changed. The answer is NO. The CISSP study material remains the same. My friends referred to the following material, but this is not an exhaustive list in any way. My recommendation would be to stick to one particular book and get to know every word and line of it. It is extremel…

Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) exam is offered by (ISC)2. When I prepared for this exam, there was hardly any material for preparation or blog posts to help me understand the experience of this exam. In this blog post, I will try to explain to you how to study for this exam and the experience of this exam.
Before I begin, let me congratulate on your journey to becoming an SSCP. Although this certification may not be highly recognized as the CISSP certification, still it shows your employer and the world that you are really interested to pursue your career in this field. You become a practitioner in this field. What is SSCP?
You would like to read CISSP vs SSCP in case you want to have a comparison between the exams. SSCP is a 3-hour long examination having 125 questions. You are required to score a minimum of 700 out of 1000. 25 questions are not graded as they are research oriented questions. It is important to note that since these questions are not graded, you need …

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